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minus-squareduchess@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThey should extinguish Bethesda then so the people there maybe get to work on something good again.
minus-squarepaultimate14@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoSo they can go work for EA? Or Ubisoft? Or one of Take-Two’s dev teams? Or something owned by Tencent or Embracer or Epic? This isn’t just “Microsoft bad”. It’s “Microsoft is one of many giant mega corporations that are ruining the entire industry”. Maybe some of these people could join or found smaller indie studios, but there are reasons why they didn’t do that already.
minus-squareduchess@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI was being sassy. It‘s a harsh business where people are getting exploited and being held in precarious situations for wanting to work their dream job.
They should extinguish Bethesda then so the people there maybe get to work on something good again.
So they can go work for EA? Or Ubisoft? Or one of Take-Two’s dev teams? Or something owned by Tencent or Embracer or Epic?
This isn’t just “Microsoft bad”. It’s “Microsoft is one of many giant mega corporations that are ruining the entire industry”.
Maybe some of these people could join or found smaller indie studios, but there are reasons why they didn’t do that already.
I was being sassy. It‘s a harsh business where people are getting exploited and being held in precarious situations for wanting to work their dream job.